Incentives boost filming

Propelled by year-end commercial and feature shoots, filming jumped 15 percent in the Los Angeles region in 2010 as producers took advantage of state tax credits, according to a report released Tuesday. Bob Strauss in the Daily News,

Film crews in Los Angeles logged 43,646 permitted production days last year, compared with 37,979 the previous year, according to FilmL.A., the not-for-profit group that coordinates and processes permits.

In addition, movie and TV show production off of studio lots surged 28.1 and 49.9 percent, respectively, in the fourth quarter of last year compared with 2009.